Has this ”we like cops and soldiers too” thing ever actually worked for the Democrats? Seems like every election they trot out some fucking vet or cop on stage and it appeals to nobody.
What I really mean is ”does it work on people who'd vote for Republicans”, since that's who this stuff is clearly aimed at, and I'm guessing it doesn't and never has.
I think you misunderstand the point of these performances. When I was a liberal the appeal of these performances was that it gave me the reassurance that the republicans' attacks about the dems being unpatriotic were false. Well, not exactly a reassurance, because I'd always known that, but more so a reminder. It's propaganda for energising the liberal base. And it serves to tell the donor class that the Democrats are firmly committed to the bourgeois vision.
the dominant theory is if they weren't doing it they'd be losing even worse, because half their voting base is suburban center right liberals, and there is simply no way to activate or attract the nonvoting urban poor
Of course it does, their core voters fucking love cops and troops. They might make a little grumbling noise whenever a cop murders a black American, but just because the libs want better training for the cops so they can brutalize better and more efficiently, and they fucking adore troops because who else is gonna stop Chairman Ayatollah Putler Jong-Il from conquering the whole world??
Has this ”we like cops and soldiers too” thing ever actually worked for the Democrats? Seems like every election they trot out some fucking vet or cop on stage and it appeals to nobody.
Why wouldn't it work? Your average liberal is hyper nationalistic.
What I really mean is ”does it work on people who'd vote for Republicans”, since that's who this stuff is clearly aimed at, and I'm guessing it doesn't and never has.
I think you misunderstand the point of these performances. When I was a liberal the appeal of these performances was that it gave me the reassurance that the republicans' attacks about the dems being unpatriotic were false. Well, not exactly a reassurance, because I'd always known that, but more so a reminder. It's propaganda for energising the liberal base. And it serves to tell the donor class that the Democrats are firmly committed to the bourgeois vision.
I get what you mean, because it's that thing that I've been unable to encapsulate into a single word or anything, but:
"Biden/Kamala is so right wing, there's no way the Republicans can accuse them of being a communist!"
Republicans call them a communist anyway
"Ah! Well, nevertheless..."
I also do think that capturing Republican voters is that one white whale they've been chasing for a long time, though.
the dominant theory is if they weren't doing it they'd be losing even worse, because half their voting base is suburban center right liberals, and there is simply no way to activate or attract the nonvoting urban poor
It definitely does work on some people. Both sides have a very large bootlicker contingent.
Of course it does, their core voters fucking love cops and troops. They might make a little grumbling noise whenever a cop murders a black American, but just because the libs want better training for the cops so they can brutalize better and more efficiently, and they fucking adore troops because who else is gonna stop Chairman Ayatollah Putler Jong-Il from conquering the whole world??
I wish Chairman Ayatollah Putler Jong-Il was real
No. Not at all.